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It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer. - Wi

It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer. – William Blackstone

Other quotes by William Blackstone

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested than in the protection of every individuals private rights. – William Blackstone

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Rights
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William Blackstone
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So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community. – William Blackstone

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Property
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Where the guilt is doubtful, a presumption of innocence should in general be admitted. – Junius

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For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt. – Lillian Hellman

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Guilt

Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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Guilt

That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an essential link in the complete chain of Man. – Kahlil Gibran

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Guilt

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Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird. – Wallace Stevens

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One of the most extraordinary things about being a spiritual teacher is the rare privilege of being able to look deeply into the very souls of many human beings at the same time. – Andrew Cohen

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